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Hi, thanks for visiting my media page! I’ve had the honor of being featured in numerous publications and podcasts, including Yoga Journal, Yoga International, and Pilates Unfiltered.

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As a Yoga Teacher, What’s Your Scope of Practice?


Is There a “Right Way” to Practice Plank Pose?


Why We Shouldn’t Demonize Thoracic Flexion in Yoga

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How to Make Boat Pose Easy


Why You May Want to Start Cross-Training for Chaturanga


The Future of Yoga: 3 Things Modern Postural Yoga Could Do Better


The Future of Yoga: 41 Teachers, Only 1 Way To Go

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Go For A Slide


Rolling Back by Trina Altman


Trina Altman: Deconstructing Yoga & Pilates

Other Reads:

Why We Need to Stop Comparing "Gym Bodies" and "Pilates Bodies"


Jenni Rawlings Yoga & Movement: What is a Yoga Teacher's Scope of Practice? by Trina Altman


Yoga International: Trina Altman on Yoga Deconstructed® and the Science of Modern Movement


Shut Up and Yoga: What To Look For In A Modern Yoga Teacher Training


Greatist: 10 Exercises Every Yogi Should Be Doing (but Probably Isn't)


Shut Up and Yoga: Rogue Yogi Real-Talk with Trina Altman: Fulfilling a serious need in the yoga scene


19 Yoga and Movement Teachers to Watch in 2019


Momentum Fest: Following in the Footsteps of the Original Disruptor


Balanced Body: Slide Like a Mermaid


Voyage LA


SHOUTOUT LA: Meet Trina Altman | Yoga Teacher & Movement Educator

Podcasts

Strength Training for Hypermobility: A Conversation with Trina Altman | Zebra Talks: Living Your Best Bendy Life


Ep 237: Strength and Hypermobility with Trina Altman | SelfKind with Erica Webb


The Cues We Use BONUS Pt 4: Trina Altman | Movement Logic


A Perimenopause Perspective with Trina Altman | Movement Logic


#73 | Yoga Deconstructed with Trina Altman | Movement Made Better


How to Make Empowered Choices with Trina Altman | The Movement Diaries


Behind the Scenes of Yoga Deconstructed® with Trina Altman | Teaching Yoga


Somatic Yoga Training with Trina Altman | Let's Talk Yoga


Voice Faking & Yoga with Trina Altman | Yoga Strong with Bonnie Weeks


What It REALLY Looks Like to Regress or Progress Movement with Trina Altman | The Mentor Sessions: Support & Strategy for Yoga Teachers


Somatics and Yoga with Trina Altman | The Yoga Teacher Resource Podcast


154 | Yoga Deconstructed | Feat. Trina Altman | Seeker + Sage Podcast


Trina Altman - "Yoga Deconstructed" | J. BROWN YOGA TALKS PODCAST


Yoga Sequencing with Somatics | The Connected Yoga Teacher


Deconstructing Yoga Sequencing and More with Trina Altman | Yoga Talk Podcast


Conversations for Yoga Teachers, Meet Trina Altman | Bare Bones Yoga


Trina Altman: Somatic Movement | Bent Over Wellness


Trina Altman: Somatics, Pain Science, Working for Yourself| Make Moves Podcast #007


Episode 40: Yoga And Pilates Deconstructed: A Multifaceted Approach To Movement with Trina Altman | Inspire Health Podcast


Yoga Deconstructed with Trina Altman | On and Off Your Mat Yoga Podcast


Trina Altmans Story | Titanium Blond


Yoga Talk Special: Live with Trina Altman | Yoga Talk Podcast


Creative Connections in Interdisciplinary Movement | Pies and Lattes


Integrating Modalities in Practice and Teaching | MINDFUL STRENGTH


Yoga Talk Podcast: Embracing More Movement Possibilities With Trina Altman | Yoga Talk Podcast


Episode 35: Trina Altman - Creator of Pilates Deconstructed and Yoga Deconstructed | The Masterful Art of Self Care


Trina Altman: Round 2 | Bent Over Wellness 2019


Raising the Bar with Modern Movement Science Education: Meet Inspirational Yoga and Movement Teachers  | Maria Kiekara August 2019


Pilates Unfiltered LIVE; Momentumfest 2019 | Pilates Unfiltered July 2019


Meet Trina Altman: Bringing a Fresh Approach to Teaching with the Logic to Back it up | Bare Bones Yoga July 17, 2019


Yoga Deconstructed® featuring Trina Altman | Danni Pomplun Podcast


Bent Over Wellness Podcast | Trina Altman: Getting Personal March 24, 2019


Ep 4: Trina Altman | Ball rolling, strength training, and picking the right modality for the job | Fitness & Fishnets  Feb 17, 2019


Ep 3: Trina Altman | There Is Nothing About You That Is Out Of Place | Embodiment Time February 15, 2019


Ep 008: Trina Altman | Variety in Practice and Social Interaction Through Movement | Practice Human January 12, 2019


A Creative Use of Props with Guest Teacher Trina Altman | Support + Strategy for Yoga Teachers Oct 16, 2018


Just Yoga: Conversations on Practice Sep 2, 2018


Trina Altman | On finding your unique teaching voice | Pies and Lattes Aug 25, 2018


Injury Prevention and Yoga Evolution with Trina Altman | Yoga Teacher Resource July 26, 2018


Trina Altman on Deconstructing Yoga & Building an Online Business | Mastering the Business of Yoga July 24. 2018


Bodhi Talk Live! Interview with Trina Altman by Sarah Garden and Colin Hall July 2, 2018


#sneakystrengthyoga Day 2: Trina Altman | Mindful Strength Podcast w/ Kathryn Bruni-Young Apr 25, 2018


Trina Altman – Teaching from the Inside | Behind the Podium Podcast Apr 12, 2018


Teacher Interviews: Trina Altman —From Goldman Sachs to Yoga, Injury, Rehab & Life Long Learning | Yoga Teacher Grad School Podcast April 3, 2018


Trina Altman: Deconstructing Yoga | Freedom Becomes You Podcast April 2, 2018


Deconstructing Yoga - with Trina Altman | The Embodiment Podcast Jan 21, 2018


Pilates Deconstructed® with Trina Altman and Kathryn Bruni-Young | Mindful Strength Podcast w/ Kathryn Bruni-Young Dec 24, 2017


Rogue Yogi Real - Talk Dec 14, 2017


Yoga Deconstructed® with Guest Teacher Trina Altman | The Mentor Sessions | Support + Strategy for Yoga Teachers Oct 10, 2017


Trina Altman: Deconstructing Yoga and Pilates | Pilates Unfiltered Sep 28, 2017


Trina Altman - "Interdisciplinary Movement" | J. Brown Yoga Talks Podcast Sep 25, 2017


Trina Altman Deconstructed: Making Mistakes + Moving Free | Thinking Pilates Podcast Aug 26, 2017


Trina Altman | Why people get hurt doing yoga | Moving Well Podcast June 22, 2017


Yoga, Trend-Drive Fitness, and Sustainable Health with Trina Altman | Earth Rise Podcast Jan 11, 2017


Trina Altman | Creating a sustainable yoga practice | Moving Well Podcast Jan 17, 2017


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Just me being happy that it’s 74 degrees outside i Just me being happy that it’s 74 degrees outside in December and that I’m in my garage gym lifting weights 🏋️‍♀️ in between client sessions.Also, I’m trying not to wear black workout clothes so here’s today’s magenta and forest green ensemble with pigtails (instead of a ponytail) to make bench pressing possible.#southbaypersonaltrainer #lasunshine #benchpress #pigtails #yogastrong
On Monday night, I took a SUPER fun and challengin On Monday night, I took a SUPER fun and challenging class with  @smcjumps @jazzitupstudios3 in Torrance!It felt a bit like the high impact aerobics I loved in the 80s, but while wearing bouncy rollerblades. 🛼And while the boots allow you to bounce, each one weighs a little over 4 pounds so I was really glad that I include loaded foot/ankle training through full range of motion at the hip in my strength training program. 💪🏼Sarah Michelle is an incredibly gifted master trainer, and all of the students in the class were warm and friendly.And while I was the only new person in class, everyone welcomed to me into their bouncing squad with encouragement and open arms.I rented boots and @funfanadix was super helpful.He made sure that I had the right size boots with the proper amount of spring on the bottom.My heart rate was definitely on the high end for me because it’s a 60 minute class with lots of jumping.I currently take some cardio dance classes that also have quite a bit of jumping, but not as much as this class so it was a great challenge and I’m excited to come back and do it again!As you all know, I love being a beginner. Finding new movement modalities that I am not good at, but there’s potential to improve is one of my favorite things to do.If you’re in LA and want go to this class together, lmk 💃🏼.#kangoojumps #reboundboots #gloriagaynor #abba #iwillsurvive #torrance
Dance class today with @nupeir_g at the @bayclubs Dance class today with @nupeir_g  at the @bayclubs was 🔥🎉Farzad nailing this super challenging plyometric drill he learned from @kaileesangalang @equinox #hiphopdanceAnd last, but not least, Farzad posing in his @taraaquilinastyle outfit before heading out to his Shakespeare class.
Life lately…💃🏼dancing @bayclubs with @marraj7 @ Life lately…💃🏼dancing @bayclubs with @marraj7 @nupeir_g , @coniseafood with @goose_face_killah , @groov3dance with @zackyindigo summit in Vegas💪🏼 weightlifting with @julesyoga & @amberkarnesofficial in LV and monkeying around in my garage gym on the squat rack
@chappellroan was pure magic last night 🪄 💕🧜🏽‍♀️🌈 @chappellroan was pure magic last night 🪄 💕🧜🏽‍♀️🌈I’ve been waiting for her to come to LA for sooo long and it finally happened!🎉
Life lately…🐶Taking Rocky out for a walk on a be Life lately…🐶Taking Rocky out for a walk on a beautiful sunny day in Potomac ☀️🎉 Flying trapeze class in DC with my niece Stella. Check out her layout! 🤩⚾️ Daddy (my brother) and Dad (Jerry) saw a baseball game down the street while Stella and I were in class.🎉 Night # 6 of celebrating Stella’s 12th birthday 🎂. Stella and Uncle Farzad both know how to stretch out their August birthday celebrations 😆📚Farzad’s first day of school so I made a sign for him. He’s taking a Shakespeare and Calculus for fun this semester.🪽Stella’s layout catch and splits catch at camp this summer.
True confessions …as a child I wanted to be in the True confessions …as a child I wanted to be in the circus so I could fly 🪽I first tried a trapeze class in 2010 when we moved to Los Angeles, but it hurt my shoulders and hands because they weren’t strong enough.I was 38 years old.15 years later at the age of 53, I decided to try it again for two reasons:1. I visited my 12 y/o niece Stella for her birthday and wanted to take a trapeze class with her. She spent lots of time at summer camp learning trapeze skills.2. I knew it would be different this time because of all the strength training that I do.I was confident that my shoulders and hands were completely capable of supporting my entire body weight for a two hour flying trapeze class.You know how they talk about being strong enough to play with your kids and grandkids?I think this is a perfect example of that 😉TLDR1. Progressively overload your Deadlifts, Lat Pulls/Band Assisted Pull-ups and Rows alongside your vertical and horizontal pushing lifts and you’ll be good to go in a flying trapeze class.2. My weekly 4x5 Toes to Bar drills are no doubt the reason why I could do the knee hang / hocks knee hang on the first try3. Sometimes when you THINK you can’t do something, it’s because you simply haven’t trained for it. It’s not because you are too “old”.Strength is specific.When you train for the thing you THINK you can’t do, you WILL prove yourself wrong.What can you do now that you couldn’t do when you were younger?#flyingtrapeze #trapezeartist
Did you know that progressive overload doesn’t alw Did you know that progressive overload doesn’t always mean increasing the amount of weight?It can be increasing your range of motion, doing a more advanced version of an exercise, progressing to not using grips on a deadlift etc.When you increase the range of motion, you’ll need to decrease the weight.That doesn’t mean that you aren’t implementing progressive overload because by increasing the range of motion and doing a more complicated version of a squat, you increase the time under tension and the mechanical work the muscles perform, forcing them to adapt and grow stronger.What are some of the ways you implement progressive overload into your programming?
When I have friends visit LA from out of town my f When I have friends visit LA from out of town my favorite thing to do is to take them to 2 @bayclubs back to back dance classes followed by the recovery room and end with lunch @cafevidala@lizzymulkey and I danced our hearts out in the cardio dance class at 10am with @ambersusa then got our hip hop groove on at 11am with @nupeir_gIt was Lizzy’s first time in the Recovery Room so we did the trifecta of Normatec boots, the Hydromassage Lounge Chair and the Cryo/Heat Lounge Chair…so relaxing 😎Then we caught up on everything over lunch before Lizzy biked back home to Venice.It was what I would call a perfect Thursday 💃🏼👯
Paris part 2 plus a couple of delicious food memor Paris part 2 plus a couple of delicious food memories from Prague 🇫🇷🇨🇿🍦🍰
Our first time in Prague! Our first time in Prague!
Last photo dump from the second part of our @seabo Last photo dump from the second part of our @seabourncruise 🛳️We went to Çeşme and Kusadasi in Turkey and spent the last day at sea before heading back to Athens.The whole experience was magical 💫
Some Greek islands on the @seabourncruise : Mykono Some Greek islands on the @seabourncruise :
Mykonos, Crete and Symi
July photo dump: Paris and Athens July photo dump: Paris and Athens
A perfect start to my weekend always includes @gro A perfect start to my weekend always includes @groov3dance classes with @azmanawi followed by the recovery room trifecta: NormaTec Compression Boots, CryoLounge+, and HydroMassage.I joined the Bay Club El Segundo in the fall of 2023 because I wanted to challenge my brain and my body to move QUICKLY and this specific location has 3 dance classes per day to choose from.While I love yoga, Pilates, strength training and plyometrics, my motor control/coordination skills needed a new challenge.My dancing skills were at about a zero-2 on a scale from one to 10 when I started so while each class I took was fun, it was also frustrating.However, just like learning a new language, I started to build a library in my mindbody of the commonly used hip hop moves and as I progressed the frustration levels lessened.I learned how to track the rhythm/tempo while saying the eight counts in my mind while dancing, which has been a game changer!Azman teaches on Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 AM. One of the reasons I love it so much is because we do the same choreography on both days which means that Saturday is the “rehearsal“ and Sunday is the “performance.”This video is actually the third time we did this choreography because he took a vote to see if we wanted to do it again (it is a challenging phrase IMO).We voted yes, which made it easier to remember the choreography and more precisely execute the level changes.I still forgot a transition or two, but overall, when I compare where I started in 2023 to where I am now I feel very accomplished!Thank you, Azman for filling our weekend with your expert dance instruction and community 🫶🏼🙏🏼.You are loved and appreciated!#Groove3 #weekend #hiphopdance #bayclub
Happy Obama Appreciation Day!#NoKingsDay Happy Obama Appreciation Day!#NoKingsDay
Life lately photo dump:- Celebrating @luxerecess Life lately photo dump:- Celebrating @luxerecess birthday AND 44 years of friendship in Playa del Carmen- Gym time 💪🏼- Nature time 🌴- New dress 👗- Delicious food 🥘
Repost from @honestclareIt’s never too late to Repost from @honestclareIt’s never too late to start strength training !
Celebrating all the things this month!🎂 my 53rd Celebrating all the things this month!🎂 my 53rd birthday in Tulsa
👯‍♀️ seeing my friend Brandy from HS IRL
🎓 Ava & Darya’s HS graduation in Denver
💐 Mother’s Day for Vidajoonam in Long Beach
💍 Aranzasu & Andrew’s engagement in Venice#celebration #graduation #birthday #engagement #friendship
My birthday isn’t until May 20 but Farzad and I wi My birthday isn’t until May 20 but Farzad and I will be in Tulsa visiting my parents so yesterday my dear friend Sarita aka @goose_face_killah and I did an early celebration 🎉We saw the @jeffrune exhibit called “the space in which to place me” at @thebroadmuseum and got to meet him and have our books signed.I highly recommend going to see it!Jeffrey does a phenomenal job representing the U.S. and critiquing it in a rainbow 🌈 of colors.Afterwards, we had dinner at @girlandthegoatla and enjoyed the best of focaccia we’ve ever had in our life!The older I get the more I realize how important it is to slow down and make time to celebrate birthdays with friends and loved ones.Here’s to my 53rd trip around the sun ☀️
#jeffreygibson #thebroad #girlandthegoat #downtownlosangeles #birthdaycelebrations
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